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Robert Louis StevensonEssays of Robert Louis Stevenson (December 26, 2009)

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LibriVox recording of Essays of Robert Louis Stevenson, by Robert Louis Stevenson. Read by Martin Geeson

“Extreme busyness…is a symptom of deficient vitality; and a faculty for idleness implies a catholic appetite and a strong sense of personal identity.”

What comforting words for the idle among us! Like many of the best essayists, Stevenson is very much the genial fireside companion: opinionated, but never malicious; a marvellous practitioner of the inclusive monologue.

In this collection of nine pieces he discusses the art of appreciating unattractive scenery, traces the complex social life of dogs, and meditates in several essays upon the experience of reading literature and writing it. Perhaps his most personal passages concern death and mortality. Here we meet him at his most undogmatically optimistic, as he affirms a wholesome faith in “the liveableness of Life”.
(Summary by Martin Geeson)

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It also belongs to collections: Audio Books & Poetry; Community Audio

Artist/Composer: Robert Louis Stevenson
Date: 2009-12-26
Source: Librivox recording of a public-domain text
Keywords: essays; stevenson; audiobooks; librivox;

Creative Commons license: Public Domain


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01 - On the Enjoyment of Unpleasant Places 24.8 MB
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02 - An Apology for Idlers 31.2 MB
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03 - Aes Triplex 28.8 MB
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04 - Talk and Talkers, part one 38.0 MB
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05 - Talk and Talkers, part two 32.1 MB
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06 - A Gossip on Romance 41.9 MB
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07 - The Character of Dogs 33.3 MB
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08 - A College Magazine 29.3 MB
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09 - Books Which Have Influenced Me 22.3 MB
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10 - Pulvis et Umbra 23.1 MB
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